We sent Craighton Berman (aka fueledbycoffee, one of our Coretoon geniuses), to take note of some of the big ideas from this week's Illinois Institute of Design's Strategy Conference in Chicago. Checkout some great ideas from international executives addressing how businesses can use design to explore emerging opportunities, solve complex problems and achieve lasting strategic advantage. Check out big ideas from Bill Moggridge—Core77 columnist and Director of Cooper-Hewitt National Design museum, Chris Meyer (Standing on the Sun), Jamshyd Godrej, Peapod Labs, Connie Yowell (Macarthur Foundation), Neeru Khosla (CK-12 Foundation), Kun-pyo Lee (LG Electronics), and Jun Cai (Tsinghua University). Click on each image to enlarge!

I can literally see why people call you "fueledbycoffee". Well done sketchnotes, Craighton!
Also, you are invited to stop by our blog to compare notes about the Strategy Conference. Here it is: http://www.sylverconsulting.com/blog/
Cheers, Adriano.

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